Practical Lunch Recipes for Every Day
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Practical Lunch Recipes for Every Day

A useful lunch should fit the place and time available. Choose a light salad, a portable bowl, a reheatable soup or a warm family meal that can be prepared without disrupting the day.

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Russian rasolnik with beef, barley, potatoes, pickled cucumbers, sour cream and dill
2 hr 15 min Russian

Rassolnik

Rassolnik is a Russian beef soup with barley, potatoes, root vegetables, pickled cucumbers and cucumber brine, which tastes hearty and delicately sour.

Russian Golubtsy with minced rice filling, tomato sauce, sour cream and fresh dill
2 hr Russian

Golubtsy

Golubtsy are Russian cabbage roulades with a juicy filling of minced beef, pork, rice, onions and herbs in a mild tomato sauce.

Mul Naengmyeon with buckwheat noodles in ice-cold broth, cucumber, pear, radish, beef and egg
5 hr 15 min Korean

Mul Naengmyeon

Mul Naengmyeon serves elastic buckwheat noodles in ice-cold beef dongchimi broth with cucumber, Korean pear, radish and boiled egg.

Samgyetang with whole young chicken, sticky rice, ginseng, garlic, jujubes and spring onions
3 hr 50 min Korean

Samgyetang

Samgyetang is a clear Korean soup made from young whole chicken stuffed with sticky rice, fresh ginseng, garlic, jujubes and chestnuts.

Galbi-jjim with tender beef ribs, Korean radish, carrots, shiitake, chestnuts and sesame seeds
3 hr 10 min Korean

Galbi-jjim

Galbi-jjim braises beef ribs with Korean radish, carrots, shiitake and chestnuts in a shiny sauce of soy sauce, pear, garlic and sesame.

Bossam with thin pork belly, Chinese cabbage leaves, lettuce, kimchi, garlic, chilli and samjang
1 hr 45 min Korean

Bossam

Bossam serves gently cooked, juicy pork belly in salad and cabbage leaves with kimchi, garlic, chilli and strong samjang.

Crispy Haemul Pajeon with spring onions, shrimp, squid and soy vinegar dip
45 min Korean

Haemul Pajeon

Haemul Pajeon is a hearty Korean pancake with long spring onions, shrimp and squid, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.

Steamed Korean Mandu with Pork, Tofu, Cabbage, Glass Noodles and Soy Vinegar Dip
1 hr 15 min Korean

Korean Mandu

Korean mandu are filled with pork, tofu, cabbage, mung bean sprouts, glass noodles and garlic chives and gently steamed.

Jjajangmyeon with thick wheat noodles, black bean sauce, pork, vegetables and cucumber strips
55 min Korean

Jjajangmyeon

Jjajangmyeon are Korean-Chinese wheat noodles with shiny black chunjang sauce, pork, lots of onion, cabbage, zucchini and potato.

Chuncheon Dakgalbi with spicy chicken, cabbage, sweet potato, rice cake and pearl leaves
1 hr 20 min Korean

Chuncheon Dakgalbi

Chuncheon Dakgalbi roasts marinated chicken thighs with cabbage, sweet potato, rice cake and pearl leaves in a spicy gochujang sauce.

Kimchi Bokkeumbap with fried rice, pork belly, fried egg, spring onion, nori and sesame seeds
35 min Korean

Kimchi Bokkeumbap

Kimchi Bokkeumbap combines cold rice with well-ripened kimchi, pork belly and kimchi juice to a strong Korean fried rice with fried egg.

Shiny Yakitori Negima with grilled chicken, leek, tares and shichimi togarashi
50 min Japanese

Yakitori Negima

Yakitori negima are Japanese chicken skewers with leeks grilled over a high heat and finally repeatedly covered with shiny tares.

Japanese omurice with thin omelette, chicken ketchup rice, peas and ketchup sauce
45 min Japanese

Omurice

Omurice wraps spicy ketchup rice with chicken, onions, mushrooms and peas in a thin, tender omelette and is part of Japanese yoshoku cuisine.

Cold zaru soba with nori strips, tsuyu dip sauce, spring onions and wasabi
50 min Japanese

Zaru Soba

Zaru soba are cold buckwheat noodles, rinsed thoroughly and served with concentrated tsuyu dip sauce, spring onions, wasabi and nori.

Kitsune Udon with thick noodles, sweet braised aburaage, spring onions and clear broth
50 min Japanese

Kitsune Udon

Kitsune Udon combines thick, elastic udon noodles with clear dashi broth and sweet and spicy braised aburaage tofu bags.

Sukiyaki in a shallow pot with beef, tofu, shirataki, Chinese cabbage, leek and mushrooms
1 hr 5 min Japanese

Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki is a Japanese hot pot dish with wafer-thin beef, tofu, shirataki, mushrooms, Chinese cabbage and leeks in sweet and spicy Warishita sauce.

Golden brown takoyaki with octopus, takoyaki sauce, Japanese mayonnaise, Aonori and Bonitoflakes
55 min Japanese

Takoyaki

Takoyaki are brown outside, soft inside balls of Osaka dough with cooked octopus, spring onions, beni shoga and crispy tenkasu.

Japanese Gyoza with crispy underside, pork-cabbage filling and spicy dip sauce
1 hr 5 min Japanese

Japanese gyoza

Japanese gyoza are stuffed with pork, finely chopped cabbage, nira, ginger and garlic, fried under the lid and then steamed under a lid.

Crunchy Japanese karaage with lemon wedges, pickled cabbage and Japanese mayonnaise
1 hr 10 min Japanese

Karaage

Japanese karaage is made from succulent chicken thighs, briefly marinated with soy sauce, sake, ginger and garlic and fried in potato starch until crispy.

Oyakodon with chicken, soft-boiled egg, onion, rice and spring onion
35 min Japanese

Oyakodon

Oyakodon combines succulent chicken thighs, soft onions and just loosely chopped egg in a spicy dashi sauce on hot Japanese rice.

Gyudon with thin beef, onions, rice, spring onions and pickled ginger
35 min Japanese

Gyudon

Gyudon is a Japanese rice bowl with very thin beef and onions, which briefly cook in a sweet and spicy sauce of dashi, soy sauce and mirin.

Vitello Tonnato with thin veal, creamy tuna sauce, capers, lemon and parsley
8 hr Italian

Vitello Tonnato

Vitello Tonnato combines thinly sliced veal with a creamy sauce of tuna, anchovies, capers, egg and lemon juice.

Pollo alla cacciatora with braised chicken pieces, tomato sauce, black olives and rosemary
1 hr 30 min Italian

Pollo alla Cacciatora

Pollo alla Cacciatora braises browned chicken pieces with onions, carrots, celery, rosemary, wine, tomatoes and black olives.

Saltimbocca alla Romana with veal, prosciutto, sage leaves and shiny white wine sauce
30 min Italian

Saltimbocca alla Romana

Saltimbocca alla Romana cover thin veal cutlets with prosciutto crudo and sage and fry them briefly in butter before white wine loosens the pan set.

Sliced Sicilian arancini with saffron rice, ragù, peas, cheese and crispy breading
4 hr Italian

Arancini al Ragù

Sicilian arancini wrap a dry ragù of minced meat and peas with saffron rice, cheese, thin flour and crispy breadcrumbs.